Flashback: Joe Walsh replaces Bernie Leadon in the Eagles | KSHE 95 News > Real Rock News > Flashback: Joe Walsh replaces Bernie Leadon in the Eagles Flashback: Joe Walsh replaces Bernie Leadon in the Eagles Photo by PRPhotos.com Comments Share It was 41 years ago today (December 20th, 1975) that the Eagles announced the departure of co-founder and guitarist Bernie Leadon, and that former James Gang frontman Joe Walsh was officially replacing him. During Leadon's time with the Eagles he co-wrote a total of 11 songs, including the band's first Top Ten hit, 1972's "Witchy Woman." He played a pivotal role in developing the band's country-rock sound, but had tired of the group's non-stop grind of studio work followed by endless months of touring -- not to mention bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey's growing songwriting monopoly on the Eagles' albums. Prior to joining the band, Leadon was the lead guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers alongside former Byrds Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke.

Today, Leadon has nothing but good feelings about his days with the band: "It's totally positive. Y'know, when I was in the band, it was a working band -- we were making an album a year, and touring a lot, and building the franchise. That was really fun to do, so it was like, y'know, doing a startup business." The same day that the Eagles announced Leadon's departure, the band issued a separate press release naming Walsh as the Eagles' newest guitarist. Walsh has never been anything other than honored and proud to be part of the Eagles: "It's an honor and a privilege to be in a band with these guys. It always has been, speaking for me. I haven't really understood it all the time -- a lot of things I haven't understood, but (laughter) at this point, it's a great community.

We've been through every trip that a band could go through, and we still have fun when we get together." Walsh says he's not exactly sure where the band fits in with today's pop music scene, but adds that in recent years the band has become used to seeing people of different generations sitting side-by-side at their shows: "I don't how quite how we fit in or how I fit in, y'know? But we, we're kind of full circle and what's left for us is to work at our craft. Much to our amazement, there's a whole audience -- a whole new audience that knows us and is coming to hear us. We're very, very gifted and very grateful." Walsh's humor and incredible chops beefed up the band's sound tremendously, especially, when he and guitarist Don Felder performed intricate dueling guitar parts, on such classics as "Hotel California," and "Life In The Fast Lane," which Walsh co-wrote with Henley and Frey. On the Eagles' recent History Of The Eagles tour, Bernie Leadon was back on board performing as the band's special guest throughout the show.

Don Henley will next appear on December 31st in Thackerville, Oklahoma at WinStar Global Event Center. Joe Walsh will open for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on April 20th in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Check it out: Cool Facts About The Eagles 10 Things You Might Not Know About The Eagles 1 of 10 Photo by: PRPhotos.com The Eagles began in early 1971, when Linda Ronstadt recruited Glenn Frey and Don Henley for her band. Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon soon joined and the four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at Disneyland. With Ronstadt's blessing, Henley and Frey asked Leadon and Meisner to form a band and the rest is history Share Photo by: PRPhotos.com The name of the band was first suggested by Leadon during a peyote and tequila influenced group outing in the Mojave Desert, when he recalled reading about the Hopi’s reverence for the eagle.

Comedian and actor Steve Martin recounts that he suggested that they should be referred to as "the Eagles," but Frey insisted that the group's name was simply "Eagles" Share Jackson Browne The group's eponymous debut album was recorded in England in February 1972 and released on June 26, 1972. Eagles was a breakthrough success, yielding three Top 40 singles. The first single and lead track, "Take It Easy,” was written by Frey with his then-neighbor and fellow country-folk rocker Jackson Browne Share Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) Photo by: © Eagles, Asylum Records [Fair Use] Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) was a compilation album, released February 17, 1976. It was the best selling album of the 20th century in the United States and is tied with Michael Jackson's Thriller as the highest-certified album in the US at 29x platinum.

The album comprises nine singles, plus the album track "Desperado" Share Photo by: © Eagles, Asylum Records [Fair Use] Hotel California was the band’s fifth studio album released December 8, 1976. It was the first album without founding member Bernie Leadon, the last featuring original bassist Randy Meisner and their first with guitarist Joe Walsh. The album became the band's best-selling studio album, with over 16 million copies sold in the U.S. and over 32 million... Share Dethroning Led Zeppelin Released September 24, 1979, The Long Run debuted at #2 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit #1 dethroning Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. It was their last #1 album of the 1970s, and reigned for eight weeks in the #1 slot. The Long Run has sold more than seven million copies to date in the US Share Photo by: PRPhotos.com On July 31, 1980, the band was playing a benefit show for California Senator Alan Cranston.

When the Senator was thanking them backstage for performing, Felder said, "You're welcome - I guess," to his wife and Frey went into a rage. The band threatened each other on stage during the show and this would be the last time they played together for 14 years Share Hell Freezes Over "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation,” said Frey at their first live performance in April 1994. They released a live album, Hell Freezes Over, named for Henley's recurring statement that they would get back together "when hell freezes over.” It contained four new studio tracks and eleven tracks recorded live for an MTV special Share Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the induction ceremony, all seven Eagles members (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Timothy B.

Schmit, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner) played together for two songs, "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California" Share Randy Meisner (Musician) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Randy Meisner Male Born Mar 8, 1946 Randy Herman Meisner is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of Poco and the Eagles. Throughout his professional musical career Meisner's main role has been as bassist and backing high-harmony vocalist as both a group member and session musician.… Read More related links The Eagles' 'Hotel California' At 40, 'Buffalo Springfield' At 50 Huffington Post - Dec 14, 2016 'Quick, what is the state anthem of California? \n \nIf you answer \'California, Here I Come,\' you are, like me, wrong. If your answer is \'I Love You, California,\' you are an unusually well-informed career state employee. And if, like billions of people around the world, you answer \'Hotel California,\' well, you are technically wrong but, oh so right.

\n \nThis month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of \'Hotel California,\' both the song and the album it graces which is one of t... Former Eagles Member Randy Meisner's Wife Dead After Accidental Shooting Huffington Post - Mar 07, 2016 ' Lana Rae Meisner, the wife of former Eagles bassist <mark>Randy Meisner</mark>, accidentally shot and killed herself on Sunday in the couple\'s home in Studio City, California.Â Los Angles County assistant chief coroner Ed Winter told The Huffington Post that police are investigating Meisner\'s death and an autopsy is pending.Â Police first responded to a call from Lana, 63, at 5:30 p.m on Sunday and took a domestic violence report. According to the New York Daily News, officers lef...

Wife Of Former Eagles Bassist Meisner Dead From Accidental Gunshot Reuters.com - Mar 07, 2016 '(Reuters) - The wife of former Eagles rock band bassist <mark>Randy Meisner</mark> was killed on Sunday evening when a gun she was removing from a case went off accidentally at their Los Angeles home after a domestic violence call earlier in the day, city police said on Monday.' Wife Of Former Eagles Bassist Meisner Dead From Accidental Gunshot Reuters.com - Mar 07, 2016 '(Reuters) - The wife of former Eagles rock band bassist <mark>Randy Meisner</mark> was killed on Sunday evening when a gun she was removing from a case went off accidentally at their Los Angeles home after a domestic violence call earlier in the day, city police said on Monday. \n \n ' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Randy Meisner. CHILDHOOD 1946 Birth Born on March 8, 1946.

TEENAGE 1961 15 Years Old Randy Meisner played bass and sang with a local band named The Dynamics (later The Drivin' Dynamics) from 1961 to 1965. … Read More Their first paying job was in the dance hall at Little Moon Lake, near Henry, Nebraska in December 1961. They played there regularly through 1962. Read Less 1962 16 Years Old In late 1962, The Drivin' Dynamics released their first record, a 4-song EP with Meisner singing lead vocals on Sam Cooke's "You Send Me." … Read More It was pressed locally with only 500 copies released. In August 1965, The Dynamics signed a record deal with Sully Records out of Amarillo, Texas. They recorded three songs, with Randy singing lead on two: "One Of These Days" and "So Fine". "So Fine" was released as a single and sold well regionally and in the southeastern U.S.

Later in 1965, Randy moved to California with a band named The Soul Survivors, later to be renamed The Poor (because, as Don Felder later said, "that is what they became"). It was a hardscrabble existence, as Meisner later recalled, "I never had a car, I had to walk. I sold the Los Angeles Free Press on Sunset and Highland. I made about five bucks a day." The Poor was managed by Charlie Greene and Brian Stone, who also managed Buffalo Springfield and Sonny & Cher. The band released several singles on Loma, York and Decca Records in 1966 and 1967, with limited success. Loma Records was a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and had offices in the same building. Read Less 1963 17 Years Old Meisner has been married twice. He married his high-school girlfriend, Jennifer Lee Barton, in 1963, and the young couple had a son, Dana Scott Meisner in November 1963.

… Read More The couple had two more children, twins Heather Leigh and Eric Shane Meisner, born in May 1970, before divorcing in 1981. Read Less TWENTIES 1967 21 Years Old In February 1967, The Poor recorded "She's Got the Time, She's Got the Changes," written by Tom Shipley (later of Brewer & Shipley fame) while he was a staff writer for A&M Records. … Read More Three of the singles were produced by Barry Friedman, aka Frazier Mohawk, and recorded at Gold Star studios. The band performed on "Study in Motion #1" which was featured in the 1967 Jack Nicholson film Hell's Angels on Wheels. In the summer of 1967, The Poor was booked for two weeks at the Salvation Club in New York City, opening for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Though they did get to play a few times, it was not the opportunity they had hoped it would be, and the band members had to threaten management to get money for plane tickets back to L.A.

Rev-Ola released a CD of The Poor's music in 2003, which included one song written by Meisner called "Come Back Baby." Read Less 1968 22 Years Old In May 1968, after auditioning alongside the likes of Gregg Allman and Timothy B. Schmit, Meisner joined Poco (originally named Pogo) with former Buffalo Springfield members Richie Furay and Jim Messina. … Read More Meisner appeared on Poco's first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, but quit the band shortly before the record was released. Meisner's exit was a result of his anger from being excluded (at Furay's insistence) from participation in the final mix playback sessions for the record, as only Messina and Furay were to complete the production. His image was removed from the painting on the album's cover, and replaced with the dog seen at the far left. His bass parts and backing vocals were left in the final mix, but his lead vocals were removed, and new versions were sung by George Grantham.

Read Less Show Less By mid-1971, he was recruited by John Boylan to become active in Linda Ronstadt's roster of backing musicians, which included Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon, who later joined Meisner as the founding members of the Eagles. In September 1971, Meisner, along with Henley, Frey and Leadon, formed the Eagles, signing with David Geffen's new label, Asylum Records, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1972. … Read More While he usually manned the bass and handled backing vocals for the Eagles, he also played guitar on Desperado, On the Border, and Hotel California. During his six years with the band, he wrote and/or co-wrote songs on each of the group's first five albums, most notably "Take It to the Limit," the band's first million-selling single, on One of These Nights.

Other songs he wrote and sang lead on include "Try and Love Again", and he also wrote the song "Certain Kind of Fool" with Frey and Henley.<br /><br /> According to band colleague Don Felder, Meisner's time in the band was weighed down by his desire to be with his family, as well as the constant bickering between the members, which was still unknown to the public at the time. Read Less THIRTIES 1976 30 Years Old During the 1976/77 tour in support of the Hotel California album, Meisner was plagued by ill health and exhaustion, as the band toured constantly for over eleven months. … Read More Meisner also preferred not to be the center of attention, and said: "I was always kind of shy... They wanted me to stand in the middle of the stage to sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but I liked to be out of the spotlight." The band was starting to feel the strain in a long tour, and Meisner was unhappy - his stomach ulcers had flared up, and his marriage was also gradually disintegrating.

He had been arguing with fellow member Glenn Frey about his signature song, "Take It To the Limit", during the tour, as Meisner was struggling to hit the crucial high notes in the song. At their show in Knoxville, Tennessee, Meisner decided to skip the song as an encore as he had stayed up late and caught the flu, Frey and Meisner then became involved in an angry physical confrontation backstage. After the altercation, Meisner was frozen out from the band, and Meisner later said: "That was the end... I really felt like I was a member of the group, not a part of it." Meisner decided to leave the group after the final date of the tour and returned to Nebraska to be with his family. Read Less Show Less Following his departure from the Eagles, Meisner went on to release solo albums in 1978 Randy Meisner and 1980 (One More Song).

He has said that his 1978 album, which he co-produced with Alan Brackett, was scattershot and not "conceptualized to its best." … Read More It only featured one song co-written by Randy, a new arrangement of "Take It to the Limit" and he only played bass on one song, a cover of The Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me". Read Less 1980 34 Years Old He explains that "Elektra had a 'leaving members clause' and I had to record an album for them before I was able to do what I wanted." 1980's One More Song was produced by Val Garay and featured backing vocals by his former Eagles bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey on the Jack Tempchin-composed title track. … Read More Meisner co-wrote six of the album's nine songs, including the Top 20 single "Hearts on Fire," collaborating with songwriters Wendy Waldman and Eric Kaz.<br /><br /> He toured with his band, Randy Meisner & the Silverados, throughout the early 80s.

The 1981 band included Greg Palmer on bass, Todd Smith on guitar, Sterling Smith on keyboards, Don Francisco on drums and Therese Heston on background vocals. Read Less 1982 36 Years Old In 1982, he released another album on CBS (Randy Meisner), recorded with members of Heart and produced by Mike Flicker. … Read More The revamped Silverados included Dixon House on keyboards, Heart guitarist Howard Leese on guitar, Denny Carmassi on drums, Tom Erak on bass and John Corey on guitar as well as Sterling Smith from the earlier band. Meisner also resumed his session-playing, supporting James Taylor, Joe Walsh, Dan Fogelberg, Bob Welch, Richie Furay, Richard Marx, Peter Lewis, Danny O'Keefe, Mac Gayden & Electric Range, as well as being part of the one-hit band Black Tie (a cover of Buddy Holly's "Learning the Game") â featuring Meisner alongside Jimmy Griffin (of Bread) and Billy Swan. Respected session musician Blondie Chaplin and former Eagles member Bernie Leadon joined the band on their U.S. tour in early 1986.

When Griffin departed and was replaced by Charlie Rich, Jr., the band was renamed Meisner, Swan & Rich.<br /><br /> He also formed a band and toured for several years (1987â89) with former Firefall singer/songwriter Rick Roberts, called the Roberts-Meisner Band (Roberts had previously been a Burrito Brother with Bernie Leadon, notably on 1971's The Flying Burrito Brothers). The Roberts-Meisner Band's drummer was well-known musician Ron Grinel, who also played with Dan Fogelberg, Carole King and the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Also in the band were Bray Ghiglia on guitar, flute, saxophone, and keyboards, and Cary Park on lead guitar. Roberts reports that the band recorded "at least half a dozen" songs, but that record company interest was not as great as they had expected.

Read Less FORTIES 1989 43 Years Old Meisner's band reunion activities have included the Legacy album and tour with Poco in 1989/90 and the Eagles' 1998 appearance at the New York City induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where all seven past and present members of the Eagles performed "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California". … Read More He even reunited with the Drivin' Dynamics for a performance in 2000, when the band and Randy as a solo performer was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame. In the 2000s he performed as a part of the World Classic Rockers touring group. After suffering severe chest pains and being hospitalized in August 2004, Meisner cut back on his touring schedule. His last known public performance was in 2008 in Naples, Florida.<br /><br /> Meisner was invited by the Eagles to take part in their History of the Eagles world tour in 2013, but he declined due to health issues.

Read Less FIFTIES 1996 50 Years Old He later married his partner of twelve years, Lana Rae, in November 1996. The marriage lasted until her death in 2016. … Read More Many people who have met and worked with Randy Meisner remark on his kindness. Don Felder, James Taylor and Rick Roberts have described Meisner as one of the nicest people they've ever worked with. Felder adds, "He was a wonderful Midwestern guy with a great heart and a loving soul." Henry Diltz, who photographed Randy extensively with the Eagles and in the early 1980s during Randy's solo career, says, "Randy Meisner was a very gentle soul. Pisces. A quiet and friendly guy. No aggressive vibe at all. Very sweet. He was so there and open." His shyness has also been remarked upon, and may have caused him some difficulty as a performer at times. "Randy was extremely uncomfortable with so-called superstardom," Don Henley told author Marc Eliot.<br /><br /> In 1988 a man named Lewis Peter "Buddy" Morgan started impersonating Meisner.

He had previously been charged with impersonating Don Henley in Las Vegas, but skipped on his bail. Morgan's identity was not conclusively revealed until 1997. Read Less 1998 52 Years Old In 1998 he was arrested and spent 16 months in jail, but upon his release continued his charade and was still doing so as of 2009. … Read More In Reno, Nevada, he tried to use Meisner's identity to rent hotel rooms. He was not as successful as before with the ruse, since the city's hotels had notified each other of the impostor. Some people are not familiar with Meisner's appearance, and Morgan used that fact to con musical instrument manufacturers and retailers, casino owners, and women.<br /><br /> Meisner has struggled on-and-off with alcohol and drug addictions since the late 1960s, especially during his tenure with the Eagles, as he struggled to deal with his new-found fame.

in citation given He later ascribed his drug use as one of the main reasons for the failure of his first marriage, and he subsequently stayed sober for a prolonged period in the late 1980s. He has since relapsed on several occasions. Read Less 2004 58 Years Old The abuse eventually took a toll on Meisner's health, and following minor heart attacks in 2004 he was forced to cut back on touring. LATE ADULTHOOD 2008 62 Years Old As his health continued to deteriorate, he eventually stopped performing; his final performance was in 2008 in Naples, Florida. 2013 67 Years Old In March 2013, Meisner suffered yet another health scare after losing consciousness in his California home. … Read More A piece of food obstructed his breathing while he was eating, and he was rushed to the hospital. While doctors were optimistic about his recovery, Meisner spent some time in a coma, and in his weakened state could not accept the invitation to participate in the History of the Eagles tour alongside fellow ex-bandmate Bernie Leadon, who participated in the tour.

The incident damaged his vocal cords, leaving him with weakened voice and speech. He later revealed that his former Eagles bandmates had paid the medical bills from the hospitalization. Read Less Wife of Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner dies in accidental shooting, LAPD says - The Washington Post Wife of Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner dies in accidental shooting, LAPD says The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set! By Sarah Larimer By Sarah Larimer March 7, 2016 Follow @slarimer Randy Meisner, second from left, with the original Eagles lineup of Bernie Leadon, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. (Henry Diltz/Courtesy of Showtime) The wife of Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner has died following an accidental shooting in California, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The shooting occurred Sunday night in North Hollywood, a release from the agency states . Officers who responded to the scene discovered Lana Meisner with a single gunshot wound.

She was pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities are characterizing the death as accidental, saying that the gun appears to have gone off as Lana Meisner moved it. “Mrs. Meisner was moving a rifle that was stored inside a case in a closet,” the release states. “As she lifted the rifle in the case, another item within the case shifted and hit the trigger of the rifle causing it to fire and fatally injure Mrs. Meisner.” Randy Meisner was “cooperative throughout the investigation,” the release noted. The shooting call was the second time officers had been called to the location that night. Earlier in the evening, authorities “responded to a radio call of a woman asking for police assistance for a possibly intoxicated male suspect,” the release stated. Officers left after taking a domestic violence report, authorities said. In 2013, the most recent year for which data was available, 505 people were killed when guns were accidentally fired, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Men were far more likely to be accidentally killed by guns than women, by a ratio of 441 to 64.

Randy Meisner, a bass guitar player, was among the founding members of the Eagles, staying with the band from 1971 until 1977 . He’s most closely associated with hitting the spectacular high-tenor notes in the 1976 hit “Take It to the Limit,” which he co-wrote. 1000+ images about EAGLES on Pinterest | The eagles, Glenn frey and Hotel california Eagles - 1976 -- L-R Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Don Felder See More Eagles - Music on Google Play Eagles About the artist The Eagles were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s.

At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits and Hotel California, were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 150 million records—100 million in the U.S. alone—including 42 million copies of Their Greatest Hits and 32 million copies of Hotel California. "Their Greatest Hits" was the best selling album of the 20th century in the U.S. They are the fifth-highest-selling music act and the highest-selling American band in U.S. history. 1 $10.49 Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released on November 7, 1980.

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Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom S... 0 The Eagles 0 The Eagles were a 1950s rhythm and blues vocal group from the Washington, D.C. area. They recorded the original version of "Tryin' to Get to You", better known through the versions by Elvis Presley... 0 Eagles Biographies Eagles Biographies Band Line-ups :: Member Biographies The Eagles were formed in 1971 by guitarist/singer Glenn Frey, drummer/singer Don Henley, guitarist/singer Bernie Leadon, and bassist/singer Randy Meisner. The initial idea was Frey's; when signed to Asylum by David Geffen, he was advised to form a group - and he did. He had been hired by Linda Ronstadt and her manager John Boylan to get together a group to back Ronstadt on tour. With an eye towards his future band, he approached Henley to be her drummer. With Boylan's help, Frey was also able to interest Leadon and Meisner, two other members of her touring band. In 1971, they played together for the first time at Disneyland, backing Ronstadt.

They gelled so well that before long, the four guys were in Geffen's offices with Leadon asking the fateful question: "Do you want us or don't you?" Geffen signed them and hooked them up with famous producer Glyn Johns to record their first album Eagles (1972), which was done in London in less than three weeks. Johns guided them towards a country-rock sound that they would become famous for, producing the hits Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, and Witchy Woman. Their second album Desperado (1973) was less successful, but artistically strong - a concept "rockers as outlaws" album that was ahead of its time. It was their third album On the Border (1974), however, that produced their first number one hit: Best of My Love. That song would start a trend of number ones over the next six years.

It was also during the making of On the Border when the Eagles switched producers from Johns to Bill Szymczyk, who gave them more freedom in their approach and was open to making the albums more "rocking." A "late addition" to the album was guitarist Don Felder, who joined the group officially after the album was released. One of These Nights (1975) garnered them their first Grammy for the song Lyin' Eyes and the title track was their next number-one hit. Take It to the Limit from the album was their first gold record. The songwriting, especially in the cases of Frey and Henley, was growing in sophistication. Nevertheless, Leadon had become disenchanted with the Eagles lifestyle, dissatisfied with the direction they were taking, and disgusted with his treatment by his fellow bandmates. He left and was replaced by renowned ex-James Gang guitarist Joe Walsh. With Walsh on board, the group moved even closer to a hard rock sound with Hotel California (1976). They hit paydirt. The album was a massive success, second only to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours as the highest selling album of its time.

It was a concept album detailing the dark desperation felt by those who had lived out their every decadent fantasy and still remained unsatisfied. With its inspired vocals, brilliant musicianship, and pop-culture appeal, it spawned hit after hit after hit and guaranteed them a place in music history. Unfortunately, the decadence of Hotel California was being enacted by the band in their every day lives. Their "third encore" parties after shows became infamous carnivals of sex, drugs, and booze. The substance abuse did not make the tensions in the studio and on the road go away; in some ways, it exacerbated them. Egos that had always been at odds were now on their way to a Battle Royal. Meisner left at the end of the tour, not wanting to deal with it anymore. As a replacement, the Eagles brought in Timothy B. Schmit who, like Meisner, used to play bass for Poco. They began work on The Long Run (1979). The huge pressure on them to match and even outpace Hotel California made the already-clashing egos hyper-sensitive as well. The music-making process became an ordeal rather than a joy. Frey was especially miserable, and started to consider breaking up the band.

He made the final decision to do so at a 1980 benefit show in Long Beach for Senator Alan Cranston. When Don Felder declared at a press conference prior to the show that he didn't care a thing about Cranston and had just showed up to play, Frey was embarrassed and infuriated. They exchanged threats during the show and then afterwards, got into a physical fight which ended with Felder swinging a guitar at Frey before running off at top speed. That was it for Frey. He didn't even want to rejoin the band to mix the tracks for the Live album (1980), Fed-Ex-ing his parts to the studio instead. He called Henley and told him that he wanted to do his own thing for a while... and that was it. The Eagles were over. Or so everyone thought... Then, in 1993, the Eagles got back together to appear in Travis Tritt's video for his cover of Take It Easy. Unlike an attempt to get the Eagles back together that had occurred in 1990, this one took. They "resumed" with Hell Freezes Over (1994), making a best-selling video as well as a live album.

Their tour made more money than anyone had anticipated. The Eagles were back on the map. When the tour ended in 1996, many wondered if the Eagles were also once again over. The next time they appeared, it was to be inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. All seven Eagles past and present performed. In 1999, the Eagles made plans to play several "Millennium" shows at the turn of the century. They recorded the shows and released them as part of a Selected Works Box Set (2000), which they would tour to promote. After the Millennium shows, however, Don Felder was fired over a disagreement about money. He sued. The Eagles reached a settlement with Felder in 2007. Still able to draw stadium-sized crowds, the Eagles continued to tour without Felder off and on. They released a single Hole in the World from their Very Best of the Eagles (2003) album, and then launched their "Farewell 1" tour to promote it.

This led to the filming of one of the tour's shows for release on DVD, Farewell 1: Live in Melbourne (2005). In 2007, the Eagles put out a new studio album, their first in 28 years, called Long Road Out of Eden. It debuted at #1 on the charts, further proving the Eagles' enduring appeal. Additionally, the Eagles were critically recognized when "I Dreamed There Was No War" won a Grammy for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance." The band toured to support the album for several years, not only touring the typical stops but also places they had never been before such as South Africa, Dubai, and China. It was truly a world-wide endeavor. Their next project was a documentary entitled The History of the Eagles, released in 2013. This documentary, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Alison Ellwood, covered the band's career from its earliest days to the year of release. It included interviews with all members of the Eagles from every era as well as several of the people who worked with them and influenced them.

Incorporating previously unreleased archival footage of live material and behind-the-scenes moments, it proved a treasure trove to fans interested in peeking into the past. The Eagles's final tour was a worldwide promotion of their documentary and, to the delight of hardcore and casual fans alike, they included Bernie Leadon. It ended in 2015, at which point the Eagles were also awarded the highly prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. On January 18, 2016, Glenn Frey passed away due to complications from a combination of rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia. With his death, the Eagles came to a halt - but their music will stay with us forever.

Question: Bernis Leadon and Randy Meisner were among the founder members of which American group?
Answer: The Eagles